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​​​Calm

Guided meditation to aid sleep and relaxation (free 7 day trial.) Highly recommended. CLICK HERE

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A body made of glass : A history of hypochondria

(2024) by Caroline Crampton. 'I am a hypochondriac. Or, at least, I worry that I am, which really amounts to the same thing.' Personal, cultural and historical overview of this condition. Now widely called 'health anxiety.' Free review.

CLICK HERE 

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The big idea : What if every little thing you do changes history?

(2024) article by Brian Klaas. 'The paradox, then, is that we control nothing, but we influence everything...everything we do matters.' CLICK HERE

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Brief reflection on maps

(1984) From On the Contrary and Other Poems by Miroslav Holub (Newcastle-on-Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1984 – translated from Czech by Ewald Osers)

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, who knew a thing about maps,

by which life moves somewhere or other used to tell this story from the war,

through which history moves somewhere or other.

From a small Hungarian unit in the Alps a young lieutenant

sent out a scouting party into the icy wastes.

At once it began to snow, it snowed for two days and the party

did not return. The lieutenant was in distress: he had sent

his men to their deaths.

On the third day, however, the scouting party was back.

Where had they been? How had they managed to find their way?

Yes, the men explained, we certainly thought we were

lost and awaited our end. When suddenly one of our lot

found a map in his pocket. We felt reassured.

We made a bivouac, waited for the snow to stop, and then

with the map found the right direction.And here we are.

The lieutenant asked to see that remarkable map in order to

study it. It wasn’t a map of the Alps

but the Pyrenees.

Goodbye.  CLICK HERE

 

There are advantages to worrying

(2023) David Robson. Newspaper article that presents the case for worry. With thanks to @FionaNaylor2  CLICK HERE

 

My experience of anxiety 

(2020) by Andrew Perry. I am part of a wider problem of forgetting, and hiding, our problematic experiences of anxiety. As if remembering, and communicating, our problematic anxiety rendered us socially toxic. CLICK HERE

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Twelve ways to meditate without actually meditating

(2023) by Amy Fleming. Refreshingly simple short article suggesting additional ways to reduce our level of arousal CLICK HERE

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First we make the beast beautiful

(2018) book by Sarah Wilson. First hand account of managing problematic anxiety. “I am anxious often, but it’s kept in check if I don’t get anxious about being anxious.” Free review. CLICK HERE

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VIDEO

My mechanics

(2022). Series of relaxing restoration videos where someones care and attention brings previously non working objects back to life. CLICK HERE

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Anxiety Canada 

(2020) Online resource providing self-help information, community programs and workshops, for individuals, educators, health professionals and care providers on anxiety. CLICK HERE

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Eight relaxation tips from Mind CLICK HERE

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All aboard the sleigh ride

BBC (2015). Super relaxing viewing at a different pace. ​​​Slow TV at its best. CLICK HERE

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AUDIO

Making a friend of Fear 

(2021) by Dina Rezek. Audio programmes detailing a change in anxiety level after a traumatic event and how we might learnt to recover. CLICK HERE

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Seriously....The upsides of anxiety 

(2019) by Andrew Hussey. Gentle audio of how anxiety might help and often hinders us. CLICK HERE

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The 1980s show helping us feel better 

(2020) BBC radio programme. How painting instruction has a calming content which can ease anxiety, reduce stress and help you get to sleep. CLICK HERE